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Bib. Ref.: Matt: V, 48. “Be ye, therefore perfect, even as your father, which is in
heaven, is perfect.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Fin[ished] Aug 3d, 1790,” and “Preached in
Xt Ch & St Pet[er’s, Philadelphia] Aug. 8th, [17]90. St Paul’s. Balte. A M, Aug 14,
[17]93. [The same] P M, Mar. 16, [17]94. Fell’s-Point, [Baltimore] Apl. 16, [17]94.
Xt Ch & St Paul’s, [Baltimore] Octr. 25, [18]01. St Paul’s, [Baltimore], A M, Octr.
7, [18]10. Xt Ch, [Oct.] 14, [1810].” The last page of the sermon contains a list of
baptisms to be recorded in the parish register.
Keywords: Sermon on the Mount; obedience; mercy;
383. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Perseverance in Faith & Hope.” [1798] 1 + 30 + 1pp. [Acc. No. 2147]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: Col: Ch 1, V 23. “Continue in the faith, grounded & settled; & be not
moved away from the hope of the gospel, wh’ [which] ye have heard.[”]
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Scr[ipsit] July 19, 1798,” and “Preached in
Xt Church & St Paul’s, [Baltimore,] Novr. 18, 1798. St Paul’s & Xt Ch [, Baltimore,
Nov.] 9, 1806.” Page 30 is written inside the front cover of the sermon. Numerous
passages of the sermon were bracketed by Bend, apparently to shorten the sermon
when it was preached again. The last page of the sermon contains a list of baptisms
to be recorded in the parish register.
Keywords: faith, perseverance in; hope, perseverance in; education, Christian;
Christian education; bad company; worldliness; Bible, study of; grace; prayer;
worship, public;
384. BEND, JOSEPH GROVE JOHN. (MD; Epis.; 1762-1812; ord. 1787)
“Persuasive to charity.” [1787] 1 + 1 blank + 35 + 2 blank + 1pp. [Acc. No. 1769]
Repository: F. Garner Ranney Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD
Bib. Ref.: 1 Kings, Ch 17, ver 12. And she said, “As the Lord thy God liveth, I have
not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, & a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I
am gathering two sticks, that I may go in, & dress it for me & my son, that we may
eat it & die.”
Commentary: Notes on the cover read “Scr[ipsit] Decr. 1787,” and “Preached at
St Pet & Xt Ch, Phila, Decr. 9th, 1787. in St Paul’s, B[altimore], with alterations,
A M. May 8, 1796. at Rock creek Church [District of Columbia; also known as St.
Paul’s Church, Rock Creek Parish], with alterations, Octr 12, [1796]. at Cambridge
[Dorchester County, Eastern Shore of Maryland], with alterations, [Oct.] 15,
[179]7. in Xt Church, Easton [Eastern Shore of Maryland], June 9, 1805. Balto.
charity school, Novr. 30, [180]6. St Paul’s [Baltimore] —Corp. [i.e. on behalf of the
Corporation for Relief of Widows & Children of Deceased Clergymen] May 24,
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